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Kathleen M. O’Sullivan is a Washington lawyer and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Biography
O’Sullivan received her Juris Doctor cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1996 and her B.A. cum laude from Yale University in 1991.
She has spent the entirety of her legal career at Perkins Coie, with the exception of the two years she spent clerking. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1998 to 1999 and the Honorable Harold H. Greene of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1996 to 1997.
She is a partner in the Seattle, Washington law firm of Perkins Coie, where she specializes in appellate and commercial litigation. She joined the law firm as an associate in 1997 and was elevated to partner in 2004.[1]
Nomination to district court
On April 14, 2016, President Obama nominated O’Sullivan to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, to the seat vacated by Judge Marsha J. Pechman, took senior status on February 6, 2016. Her nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[2]
References
- ^ [ https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/14/president-obama-nominates-three-serve-united-states-district-court "President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States District Court" White House, April 14, 2016]
- ^ [ https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/14/presidential-nominations-sent-senate "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, April 14, 2016]
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